Best GXU for current set-up?

[uk2008]

So I have had to return my graphics card as it seemed to go poof..(motherboard doesn't reconise card / if i put drivers on windows fails to get past log-in screen .. unless running basic vga-compatible mode)

The company i am returning it to say if they find a fault that they will give me a full refund on the card as they no longer stock it. This refund will total = £330
I was using a Gigabyte GTX-670

my Current PC specs are:
Hardware
Asus M5A99X EVO 990X
AMD FX-6 6100 Black Edition 6 Core 3.3Ghz
Inno3D C-XXX - CPU Cooler
Western Digital 2TB
Unknown Brand 250GB
LiteOn iHAS124 - Optical Drive
Corsair TX 650W PSU
Corsair 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 1600MHz Vengeance
Zalman Z11+ Case (supports upto 11.4" cards :Zalman Z11+ Review)

Preiphals
Logitech G510
Razer Mamba - mouse
Razer Kraken 7.1
Logitech 5.1 Surround sound
PHILIPS 227E4LHAB 21.5" LED Monitor x2
Netgear Wireless Adapter

Tower will be stood so need something that can deal with being horizontal.

cheers

 

[shiva92]

Any GPU above R9 260x will be bottlenecked by your CPU unless you overclock your processor. Gtx 750 Ti will pair well with your setup.

 

[uk2008]

Any GPU above R9 260x will be bottlenecked by your CPU unless you overclock your processor. Gtx 750 Ti will pair well with your setup.

so no GTX-970?

 

[shiva92]

Any GPU above R9 260x will be bottlenecked by your CPU unless you overclock your processor. Gtx 750 Ti will pair well with your setup.

so no GTX-970?

definitely not. Overclocking your CPU might help a little bit.

 

[uk2008]

Any GPU above R9 260x will be bottlenecked by your CPU unless you overclock your processor. Gtx 750 Ti will pair well with your setup.

so no GTX-970?

definitely not. Overclocking your CPU might help a little bit.

what would be the result of buying a 970 out of intrest?
if i was and i needed to upgrade the CPU what one would be good to buy?

 

[shiva92]

Any GPU above R9 260x will be bottlenecked by your CPU unless you overclock your processor. Gtx 750 Ti will pair well with your setup.

so no GTX-970?

definitely not. Overclocking your CPU might help a little bit.

what would be the result of buying a 970 out of intrest?
if i was and i needed to upgrade the CPU what one would be good to buy?

You can install GTX 970 in your current setup also but you will not get the full out of your GTX 970. Your processor will limit its performance(bottleneck). If you plan to upgrade your CPU, then go ahead and buy GTX 970. If you are not going to upgrade your processor, better save your money and get the GTX 750 Ti coz you will get almost the same performance as GTX 970 considering that your CPU will bottleneck GPUs performance.

 

[photonboy]

Hi,

Please note that every game is DIFFERENT so your CPU may be the main bottleneck for one game and your GPU may be for a different game. They can even trade places in the same game depending on what's being processed.

A GTX970 is going to give a better experience in some games than an R7-260X would. The CPU will be a bottleneck more of the time but your CPU will not bottleneck 100% of the time.

Sure you can also buy a better CPU but that entails a new motherboard and likely copy of Windows as well.

*You may wish to consider an R9-290 as well. Recommended cards:

1) R9-290 4GB: $240 after $30 rebate: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-video-card-r9290aedfd

2) GTX970 4GB: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-04gp42974kr

*The GTX970 memory issue has been in the news lately causing lots of concern (can have stutter if a game uses more than 3.5GB). I did a lot of research and concluded there are times it can be a concern but it still wouldn't prevent me from buying it.

The R9-290 won't get the same performance but it's a lot cheaper, and due to your CPU bottlenecking many games the advantage of the GTX970 isn't nearly as high on average. Again though, it will vary a lot by the game.

(I wouldn't buy an R9-290 or R9-290X that costs almost the same as the above GTX970. Memory issue aside and that's rare currently the GTX970 is just a better performing card.)

 

[uk2008]

Any GPU above R9 260x will be bottlenecked by your CPU unless you overclock your processor. Gtx 750 Ti will pair well with your setup.

so no GTX-970?

definitely not. Overclocking your CPU might help a little bit.

what would be the result of buying a 970 out of intrest?
if i was and i needed to upgrade the CPU what one would be good to buy?

You can install GTX 970 in your current setup also but you will not get the full out of your GTX 970. Your processor will limit its performance(bottleneck). If you plan to upgrade your CPU, then go ahead and buy GTX 970. If you are not going to upgrade your processor, better save your money and get the GTX 750 Ti coz you will get almost the same performance as GTX 970 considering that your CPU will bottleneck GPUs performance.

ill probably look into a upgrade in my cpu then as i would like a gaming capacity increase - so would any new fx series proccessor be able to cope with the 970?
http://shop.amd.com/en-us/components/processors?k=FX-8

 

[shiva92]

Any GPU above R9 260x will be bottlenecked by your CPU unless you overclock your processor. Gtx 750 Ti will pair well with your setup.

so no GTX-970?

definitely not. Overclocking your CPU might help a little bit.

what would be the result of buying a 970 out of intrest?
if i was and i needed to upgrade the CPU what one would be good to buy?

You can install GTX 970 in your current setup also but you will not get the full out of your GTX 970. Your processor will limit its performance(bottleneck). If you plan to upgrade your CPU, then go ahead and buy GTX 970. If you are not going to upgrade your processor, better save your money and get the GTX 750 Ti coz you will get almost the same performance as GTX 970 considering that your CPU will bottleneck GPUs performance.

ill probably look into a upgrade in my cpu then as i would like a gaming capacity increase - so would any new fx series proccessor be able to cope with the 970?
http://shop.amd.com/en-us/components/processors?k=FX-8

FX 8350

http://shop.amd.com/en-us/components/processors/FD8350FRHKBOX

 

[TallestJon96]

If you do not upgrade your cpu, you should stay away from AMD cards. Their drivers take more cpu power:

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2015-graphics-card-upgrade-guide?page=2

 

[uk2008]

it looks to me like ill go gtx 970 then get a fx-8350 ....
the gpu cost will be covered with refund + what ever is spare then only have to find maybe £100 for the cpu... should be sorted then

 

[uk2008]

Hi,

Please note that every game is DIFFERENT so your CPU may be the main bottleneck for one game and your GPU may be for a different game. They can even trade places in the same game depending on what's being processed.

A GTX970 is going to give a better experience in some games than an R7-260X would. The CPU will be a bottleneck more of the time but your CPU will not bottleneck 100% of the time.

Sure you can also buy a better CPU but that entails a new motherboard and likely copy of Windows as well.

*You may wish to consider an R9-290 as well. Recommended cards:

1) R9-290 4GB: $240 after $30 rebate: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-video-card-r9290aedfd

2) GTX970 4GB: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-04gp42974kr

*The GTX970 memory issue has been in the news lately causing lots of concern (can have stutter if a game uses more than 3.5GB). I did a lot of research and concluded there are times it can be a concern but it still wouldn't prevent me from buying it.

The R9-290 won't get the same performance but it's a lot cheaper, and due to your CPU bottlenecking many games the advantage of the GTX970 isn't nearly as high on average. Again though, it will vary a lot by the game.

(I wouldn't buy an R9-290 or R9-290X that costs almost the same as the above GTX970. Memory issue aside and that's rare currently the GTX970 is just a better performing card.)

thanks from what everybody has said ill probably buy the 970 (as its going to cost less than the refund money i get + its most expensive part of the rig

ill end up with hopefully £30 - £50 spare from the graphics card,
then i only have to find around £100 as the FX-8350 costs between £125 - £150
The motherboard should support it Motherboard Spec's
and a new 64x windows 7 will cost about £35 of Ebay

 

[uk2008]

so will that set-up be ok a FX-8350 (Or higher)
&
A GTX 970 - Probably Asus Or EVGA

 

[shiva92]

so will that set-up be ok a FX-8350 (Or higher)
&
A GTX 970 - Probably Asus Or EVGA

good

 

[TallestJon96]

Your plan is a good one. Upgrade to a 970 and then get a better cpu later. You will get a substantial improvement in some games, and a minor improvement in others with GPU upgrade, and then the cpu upgrade will improve the games that the GPU didn't help that much.